Portable fence



(No Model.)

W. A. NEAL.

PORTABLE FENCE. No. 488,632. Patented Dec. 27, 1892.;

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WILLIAM A. NEAL, OF BUNGERS, WEST VIRGINIA.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,632, dated December27,1892. Application filed August 17, 1892. Serial No. 443,346- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. NEAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bungers, in the county of Greenbrier and State of WestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Portable Fence, of which thefollowing is a specifiea' tion.

This invention relates to fences; and it has for its object to providean improved portable fence which can be readily set up and takendown,but one which is so braced when set up as to be proof against beingknocked down by stock or the weather.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates an improved fence lockand support, whereby the same can be set up quickly and securely.

With these and many other objects in view which will readily appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is afront elevation of a sectionof a fence constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailelevation of one of the fence panels. Fig. 4 is a detail elevationshowing the set up position of the crossed braces.

Referring to the accompanying drawings A represents the fence panelswhich when set up and locked together form an unbroken line of fencewhich can be readily taken down and moved from place to place. Eachpanel comprises the vertical end posts B, and the horizontal rails O,secured at their ends to said posts, the lowermost rails of the panelsbeing dispensed with if desired and wires substituted therefor if sodesired. The two upper horizontal rails of each panel are spaced fromeach other more than the lower rails in order to accommodate the lockingdevices, and the second rails of each panel or at least the rail sition,crossing each other under the upper rails of the overlapped panels toform a clamping and supporting crotch, the same are adjusted up and downaccording to the level of the ground and are then forced down upon theprojecting securing pins D, which project from the second rails, untiltheir lower ends touch the ground thereby securely binding theoverlapped panels together and firmly bracing the fence.

The braces E are held in their locked position by means of the shortlocking wires F loosely connected at their outer ends so as to be freeto move upon the braces, and terminating at their inner ends in the eyesor loops f. After the lower ends of the braces have been forced to theground, the wires F, con nected to the same, are passed between andbeyond the overlapped end posts and the loops f thereof receive thelocking pins G which are arranged on opposite sides of the end posts Btogether, after which the outer ends of said wires are slipped down theopposite braces until tight, thereby holding the braces firmly in theirlocked positions and the several parts of the fence tightly together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patcut is 1. In a portable fence, the combination of the fencepanels adapted to have their ends overlapped by the ends of the adjacentpanels pointed securing pins projecting outwardly from an intermediaterail of each panel near their ends, diagonal locking braces crossedbetween the upper rails of the overlapped ends of the fence panels andhaving their under binding edges engaged by the projecting pointedsecuring pins, and a sectional locking device connecting the lower endsof the braces, substantially as set forth.

2. In a portable fence, the combination of the fence panels adapted tohave their ends overlapped by the ends of the adjacent panels, securingpins projecting from an intermediate rail of each panel near its ends,diagonal locking braces crossed between the upper rails of theoverlapped ends of the fence panels and having their under sides engagedby the projecting securing pins, separate lockin g Wires movablyconnected at their outer ends to each of said braces and terminating attheir inner ends in eyes or loops and locking pins engaging the loops ofsaid Wires and arranged on opposite sides of the fence, substantially asset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. NEAL.

Witnesses:

J. M. MOMATRER, JAMES C. MoPHERsoN,

